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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Ronel Blanco	Elbow	07-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 22
Bennett Sousa	Elbow	07-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 18
Michael Burrows	Elbow	08-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 7
Hayden Wesneski	Elbow	07-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 29
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brice Matthews	Knee	07-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 24

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	92	364	51	103	39	13	40	71	.283	.353	.456	.809	22	1	30	5	316
C. Jensen C	90	314	41	76	51	13	32	101	.242	.310	.430	.740	20	0	1	0	211
J. Caglianone RF	91	323	44	84	35	15	25	102	.260	.320	.458	.778	15	2	3	1	210
I. Collins LF	87	272	35	65	29	5	38	73	.239	.343	.360	.703	16	1	5	4	175
S. Perez C	90	352	32	74	37	11	14	77	.210	.253	.344	.597	14	0	0	0	173
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
V. Pasquantino 1B	71	265	30	59	32	6	34	54	.223	.309	.343	.652	10	2	4	0	169
L. Thomas CF	83	235	28	56	32	8	35	61	.238	.339	.404	.743	15	0	4	3	166
M. Massey 2B	78	232	31	62	33	7	14	42	.267	.305	.427	.732	16	0	2	0	160
N. Loftin 3B	60	180	27	44	29	4	21	27	.244	.335	.406	.741	15	1	1	0	143
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	35	54	17	20	5	2	4	11	.370	.407	.500	.907	1	0	11	3	66
S. Marte RF	44	112	12	30	9	1	8	34	.268	.328	.330	.658	4	0	1	2	52
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	16	35	4	7	5	1	1	9	.200	.222	.343	.565	2	0	0	0	17
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
K. Misner CF	18	41	2	9	4	0	2	17	.220	.256	.244	.500	1	0	3	1	14
L. Maile C	2	6	2	1	3	1	1	2	.167	.286	.667	.953	0	0	0	0	9
Total	98	3305	418	817	398	98	315	792	.247	.317	.397	.714	180	11	75	22	2186

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	19	19	5-7	0	0	119.1	3.77	108	52	50	14	34	96	.243	1.19	245
S. Lugo SP	20	20	3-6	0	0	110.2	4.39	120	62	54	15	36	89	.280	1.41	186
N. Cameron SP	18	18	5-7	0	0	95.2	4.89	104	57	52	13	32	91	.272	1.42	157
L. Erceg RP	39	0	4-3	12	18	38.0	5.21	41	26	22	4	21	27	.283	1.63	137
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
D. Lynch IV RP	39	0	2-2	1	3	38.1	2.35	24	13	10	2	12	33	.173	0.94	94
L. Avila SP	18	9	4-3	0	0	56.2	5.08	58	32	32	6	34	50	.276	1.62	83
A. Lange RP	38	0	0-5	8	9	39.0	6.00	37	28	26	3	22	37	.252	1.51	76
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	66
S. Cruz RP	30	2	2-2	0	1	32.1	4.73	27	18	17	9	16	41	.225	1.33	60
J. Schreiber RP	41	0	0-3	1	2	37.1	3.38	34	17	14	6	14	28	.250	1.29	55
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	35	0	3-3	0	3	31.1	7.18	34	25	25	9	13	25	.268	1.50	38
B. Way RP	16	0	1-0	0	0	19.2	3.20	22	7	7	4	9	17	.289	1.58	36
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
E. Morgan RP	15	0	0-1	1	1	18.1	5.40	24	11	11	5	8	16	.308	1.75	20
R. Dobnak RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	1.86	9	2	2	1	4	4	.243	1.34	16
J. Cuas RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	8	2	2	0	2	9	.296	1.58	11
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
B. Falter RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	9.2	13.97	24	15	15	4	6	6	.471	3.10	-23
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	98	98	39-59	23	40	862.2	4.92	874	505	472	130	373	747	.264	1.45	1567

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	97	352	65	113	71	31	65	72	.321	.431	.636	1.067	18	0	1	0	396
C. Walker 1B	97	363	50	85	58	20	33	93	.234	.311	.457	.768	19	1	0	0	268
I. Paredes 3B	92	334	39	85	50	12	38	62	.254	.350	.416	.766	18	0	0	0	248
C. Smith RF	97	325	39	70	34	12	31	87	.215	.288	.372	.660	13	1	9	1	202
J. Altuve 2B	75	289	45	67	27	11	29	71	.232	.303	.398	.701	13	1	2	2	183
J. Pena SS	52	198	37	58	22	6	17	35	.293	.357	.429	.786	9	0	8	1	162
Y. Diaz C	44	165	18	41	23	6	6	27	.248	.276	.412	.688	9	0	0	1	101
C. Vazquez C	61	175	18	38	22	5	14	33	.217	.274	.337	.611	6	0	1	0	98
B. Matthews LF	82	208	23	41	22	7	15	71	.197	.250	.332	.582	5	1	4	4	97
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
J. Meyers CF	52	136	14	28	11	3	10	30	.206	.264	.316	.580	6	0	1	2	64
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
T. Trammell CF	45	114	14	26	11	3	9	42	.228	.290	.368	.658	5	1	1	0	58
N. Allen SS	47	87	14	21	9	1	6	22	.241	.292	.310	.602	3	0	2	0	50
D. Harris LF	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
L. Wade LF	11	33	6	8	8	2	5	11	.242	.342	.485	.827	2	0	0	0	29
Z. Dezenzo LF	27	57	9	13	3	1	6	24	.228	.302	.351	.653	4	0	1	0	28
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
R. Delgado 3B	16	30	3	8	4	1	2	5	.267	.313	.400	.713	1	0	0	0	18
S. Whitcomb 3B	17	23	2	3	5	2	1	11	.130	.167	.391	.558	0	0	0	0	11
C. Salazar C	9	18	0	1	1	0	3	3	.056	.227	.056	.283	0	0	0	0	4
L. Spence OF	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	0	0	0	0	2
C. Price C	7	12	1	2	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	1	0	0	0	2
Total	99	3320	451	802	430	133	331	805	.242	.316	.412	.728	152	7	34	12	2232

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	16	16	8-5	0	0	92.0	3.03	66	31	31	11	36	91	.197	1.11	233
S. Arrighetti SP	15	15	7-5	0	0	82.0	4.50	65	43	41	12	44	81	.219	1.33	167
J. Hader RP	17	0	3-1	10	10	15.1	1.17	6	2	2	1	8	25	.115	0.91	128
A. Blubaugh RP	36	0	4-2	0	0	60.0	3.75	46	26	25	7	30	60	.214	1.27	126
S. Okert RP	47	1	2-1	0	0	47.2	2.27	27	12	12	5	12	49	.165	0.82	123
B. King RP	41	0	2-3	6	10	44.0	3.27	42	18	16	5	16	34	.253	1.32	112
E. De Los Santos RP	42	0	0-2	5	7	44.2	4.23	40	23	21	5	11	40	.237	1.14	107
K. Teng RP	23	10	4-6	0	0	64.0	4.36	59	35	31	10	28	63	.241	1.36	102
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
T. Imai SP	13	13	5-4	0	0	52.0	6.06	45	35	35	9	33	63	.232	1.50	97
H. Brown SP	7	7	1-0	0	0	35.1	3.57	27	16	14	5	22	39	.211	1.39	76
B. Abreu RP	34	0	2-3	5	5	31.0	5.81	26	22	20	7	26	40	.234	1.68	72
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	64
N. Pearson RP	16	0	1-0	1	1	20.0	3.60	16	10	8	1	12	16	.225	1.40	45
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
C. Bolton RP	8	3	0-1	1	1	20.0	5.40	21	12	12	3	14	22	.269	1.75	25
L. VanWey RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	5	2	1	0	0	5	.250	0.83	21
J. Alexander SP	4	2	1-1	0	0	18.1	9.33	21	19	19	4	8	14	.280	1.58	18
M. Ullola RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	7	.143	0.50	13
J. France RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
B. Sousa RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	8.10	3	3	3	0	5	4	.250	2.40	1
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
C. Javier SP	6	4	0-1	0	0	15.1	9.98	20	17	17	3	15	12	.323	2.28	-7
Total	99	99	47-52	28	34	874.1	4.79	794	499	465	138	431	857	.242	1.40	1657

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